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akene

British

/ əˈkiːn /

noun

a variant spelling of achene

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Fruit.—An akene with a silky tail, at length becoming three or four inches long.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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